Living in Culturally Ethically Relational Ways With Co-Researchers in Narrative Inquiry

• In Event: Cultural and Ethical Dimensions: Exploring Narratively

Abstract

It is in the living and telling of experience that we locate what represents our sense of our experience as narrative inquirers. Although we discussed several issues, on reflection, we understand that relationship is at the heart of thinking narratively. Relationship is key to what it is that narrative inquirers do. (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000, p. 189)
My narrative inquiry into experiences of three Vietnamese children and mothers composing lives in transition to Canada took the above teaching of the importance of relationships as an anchor. Carrying that “relationship is key” contributes to shaping my experiences and transforming my learning in two ways: living in culturally ethically relational ways with co-researchers; living relationships also shaped by the desires of co-researchers.

Author

• Hang Thi Thuy Tran, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education